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16And the Lord said unto Samuel, How long wilt thou mourn for Saul, seeing I have rejected him from reigning over Israel? fill thine horn with oil, and go, I will send thee to Jesse the Bethlehemite: for I have provided me a king among his sons.
²And Samuel said, How can I go? if Saul hear it, he will kill me. And the Lord said, Take an heifer with thee, and say, I am come to sacrifice to the Lord.
³And call Jesse to the sacrifice, and I will shew thee what thou shalt do: and thou shalt anoint unto me him whom I name unto thee.
⁴And Samuel did that which the Lord spake, and came to Bethlehem. And the elders of the town trembled at his coming, and said, Comest thou peaceably?
⁵And he said, Peaceably: I am come to sacrifice unto the Lord: sanctify yourselves, and come with me to the sacrifice. And he sanctified Jesse and his sons, and called them to the sacrifice.
⁶And it came to pass, when they were come, that he looked on Eliab, and said, Surely the Lord’s anointed is before him.
⁷But the Lord said unto Samuel, Look not on his countenance, or on the height of his stature; because I have refused him: for the Lord seeth not as man seeth; for man looketh on the outward appearance, but the Lord looketh on the heart.
⁸Then Jesse called Abinadab, and made him pass before Samuel. And he said, Neither hath the Lord chosen this.
⁹Then Jesse made Shammah to pass by. And he said, Neither hath the Lord chosen this.
¹⁰Again, Jesse made seven of his sons to pass before Samuel. And Samuel said unto Jesse, The Lord hath not chosen these.
¹¹And Samuel said unto Jesse, Are here all thy children? And he said, There remaineth yet the youngest, and, behold, he keepeth the sheep. And Samuel said unto Jesse, Send and fetch him: for we will not sit down till he come hither.
¹²And he sent, and brought him in. Now he was ruddy, and withal of a beautiful countenance, and goodly to look to. And the Lord said, Arise, anoint him: for this is he.
¹³Then Samuel took the horn of oil, and anointed him in the midst of his brethren: and the Spirit of the Lord came upon David from that day forward. So Samuel rose up, and went to Ramah.

Psalm 23

¹The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.
²He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters.
³He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name’s sake.
⁴Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.
⁵Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over.
⁶Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life: and I will dwell in the house of the Lord for ever.

⁸For ye were sometimes darkness, but now are ye light in the Lord: walk as children of light:
⁹(For the fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness and righteousness and truth;)
¹⁰Proving what is acceptable unto the Lord.
¹¹And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them.
¹²For it is a shame even to speak of those things which are done of them in secret.
¹³But all things that are reproved are made manifest by the light: for whatsoever doth make manifest is light.
¹⁴Wherefore he saith, Awake thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light.

9And as Jesus passed by, he saw a man which was blind from his birth.
²And his disciples asked him, saying, Master, who did sin, this man, or his parents, that he was born blind?
³Jesus answered, Neither hath this man sinned, nor his parents: but that the works of God should be made manifest in him.
⁴I must work the works of him that sent me, while it is day: the night cometh, when no man can work.
⁵As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world.
⁶When he had thus spoken, he spat on the ground, and made clay of the spittle, and he anointed the eyes of the blind man with the clay,
⁷And said unto him, Go, wash in the pool of Siloam, (which is by interpretation, Sent.) He went his way therefore, and washed, and came seeing.
⁸The neighbours therefore, and they which before had seen him that he was blind, said, Is not this he that sat and begged?
⁹Some said, This is he: others said, He is like him: but he said, I am he.
¹⁰Therefore said they unto him, How were thine eyes opened?
¹¹He answered and said, A man that is called Jesus made clay, and anointed mine eyes, and said unto me, Go to the pool of Siloam, and wash: and I went and washed, and I received sight.
¹²Then said they unto him, Where is he? He said, I know not.
¹³They brought to the Pharisees him that aforetime was blind.
¹⁴And it was the sabbath day when Jesus made the clay, and opened his eyes.
¹⁵Then again the Pharisees also asked him how he had received his sight. He said unto them, He put clay upon mine eyes, and I washed, and do see.
¹⁶Therefore said some of the Pharisees, This man is not of God, because he keepeth not the sabbath day. Others said, How can a man that is a sinner do such miracles? And there was a division among them.
¹⁷They say unto the blind man again, What sayest thou of him, that he hath opened thine eyes? He said, He is a prophet.
¹⁸But the Jews did not believe concerning him, that he had been blind, and received his sight, until they called the parents of him that had received his sight.
¹⁹And they asked them, saying, Is this your son, who ye say was born blind? how then doth he now see?
²⁰His parents answered them and said, We know that this is our son, and that he was born blind:
²¹But by what means he now seeth, we know not; or who hath opened his eyes, we know not: he is of age; ask him: he shall speak for himself.
²²These words spake his parents, because they feared the Jews: for the Jews had agreed already, that if any man did confess that he was Christ, he should be put out of the synagogue.
²³Therefore said his parents, He is of age; ask him.
²⁴Then again called they the man that was blind, and said unto him, Give God the praise: we know that this man is a sinner.
²⁵He answered and said, Whether he be a sinner or no, I know not: one thing I know, that, whereas I was blind, now I see.
²⁶Then said they to him again, What did he to thee? how opened he thine eyes?
²⁷He answered them, I have told you already, and ye did not hear: wherefore would ye hear it again? will ye also be his disciples?
²⁸Then they reviled him, and said, Thou art his disciple; but we are Moses’ disciples.
²⁹We know that God spake unto Moses: as for this fellow, we know not from whence he is.
³⁰The man answered and said unto them, Why herein is a marvellous thing, that ye know not from whence he is, and yet he hath opened mine eyes.
³¹Now we know that God heareth not sinners: but if any man be a worshipper of God, and doeth his will, him he heareth.
³²Since the world began was it not heard that any man opened the eyes of one that was born blind.
³³If this man were not of God, he could do nothing.
³⁴They answered and said unto him, Thou wast altogether born in sins, and dost thou teach us? And they cast him out.
³⁵Jesus heard that they had cast him out; and when he had found him, he said unto him, Dost thou believe on the Son of God?
³⁶He answered and said, Who is he, Lord, that I might believe on him?
³⁷And Jesus said unto him, Thou hast both seen him, and it is he that talketh with thee.
³⁸And he said, Lord, I believe. And he worshipped him.
³⁹And Jesus said, For judgment I am come into this world, that they which see not might see; and that they which see might be made blind.
⁴⁰And some of the Pharisees which were with him heard these words, and said unto him, Are we blind also?
⁴¹Jesus said unto them, If ye were blind, ye should have no sin: but now ye say, We see; therefore your sin remaineth.